Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Oh Man. I literally threw this quilt together in about a week. I am so happy with the way it turned out!

I found the basic braid pattern here at Moda Bake Shop. I only had one jelly roll so I ended up with only 6 braids, and the recipe yields 7. Fortunately our local quilt shop had 5 prints from the line so I was able to improv a border.

I used a vintage sheet for the back...which I'll get pictures of as soon as I get my camera back. (which Nikon has confirmed should be Friday at the latest!!!!!!!!!!!!)

I experimented a bit with a different batting and used safety pins to sandwich as opposed to the basting spray. With Ty's I used Warm and White off the bolt and with Ry's it was just a natural 100% cotton packaged batting. Pinning was certainly a lot more work and I had to do a lot more quilting (2-4" apart as opposed to 10" apart). I'm happier with the results of this quilt over Ty's, his is still pretty stiff.

I love the City Weekend line and plan to make a matching bedskirt next, then some new window panels.

Monday, April 4, 2011

We have a favorite Pre-K teacher who happens to be having her first grand baby this month. I thought a baby quilt was in order. I pieced together the front back and then Kathie caught wind of the project and wanted in. 2 of her kids have had this same teacher. So she machine quilted and bound it.

Mrs. Thompson loved it! In fact she shed a few tears, so I know she REALLY loved it.

Friday, April 1, 2011

I have been working on this Dresden Plate quilt for years. It was a project I started with the help of my mother-in-law and now, with all the quilting inspiration that is happening on this blog, I feel the push to finish it up.

I'm almost finished, but I'm stumped on how to finish the centers of the plates. I first thought to make yo-yos, then switched to simple circles. Either way, I'm can't decide what kind of fabric to use. Solid white? Solid color? Multiple colors? Print? What do you think?